This winter, the smartest way to get CVS’ crazy-good deals without the checkout-line headache is to shop online. And we’d recommend clicking over to CVS.com right now, because there’s a sweet flash sale going on in the virtual beauty aisle. Today only, when you buy one full-price beauty or personal-care product — be it a rich night cream or Zicam tablets — you can get a second one for free, plus free shipping, when you use the code DAILYFREE at checkout.

Masika Kalysha is a model, actress and CEO. She is the founder of Khari Barbie Beauty, a line of beauty products affectionately named after her daughter with rapper Fetty Wap. The products are all natural and made in the United States. She stopped by rolling out for Monday Makeover to share her top 5 beauty products that she uses in her beauty regimen.

Khari Barbie Beauty Hair Oil-

This is an all natural, vegan and cruelty-free hair oil that promotes healthy hair growth and prevents breakage.

MAC Strobe Light Creme-

This is a moisturizer that boosts your skin’s hydration while giving you a glow.

Khari Barbie Beauty Exfoliator and Vitamin E Stick-

This is a two-part system in her collection. The exfoliator stick removes dead skin cells and prepares the lips to be treated. The vitamin E stick adds moisture and hydrates the lips.

Brow Last Longwear Brow Gel-

This is a long wear, water-resistant brow gel. This gel has vitamins B and E to nourish and strengthen the brows.

If you are interested in purchasing any of Masika’s beauty products you can visit her website, www.kharibarbiebeauty.com.

If the proliferation of self-care routines, wellness retreats, and clean-eating recipes are any indication, we’re really into living purer, more natural lifestyles lately. And for good reason: Life has a way of feeling like one endless list of unread emails, so it’s important to step away once in a while and check in with yourself. It’s important to simplify and purify (and clear up that proverbial inbox). Because you aren’t exactly going to find your healthiest, happiest self in the junk folder.

One totally manageable place to start is with your beauty routine. That’s why we’ve partnered with Icelandic Glacial water to bring you five natural beauty product recipes you can DIY at home. Think sugary scrubs, nourishing hair treatments, and more. You probably already have most of the ingredients in your kitchen. And just like Icelandic Glacial, these products are simple, pure, and natural. So read on to discover your own DIY beauty inspo.

Exfoliating Face Scrub

"Sugar is a great natural alternative to plastic beads, which are in many store-bought exfoliants and end up in our oceans and waterways," says DIYer Katherine Oakes of The Basic Goods. "This recipe also uses coconut oil to protect your skin and lavender essential oil to relieve irritation and redness. The best part is that it’s only got three ingredients and takes 15 minutes to make."

Ingredients:

¼ cup organic cane sugar

2-3 tablespoons organic coconut oil (melted)

4 drops lavender essential oil

1 4-oz glass jar with airtight lid

Directions:

Stir the sugar and 2 tablespoons coconut oil together in a bowl; mix well. Test a small amount of the mixture on your hand. If the scrub feels too dry, add more coconut oil, ½ tablespoon at a time, until it reaches your desired consistency. Over time, the sugar can absorb the oil, so if you notice it’s gotten dry, add another tablespoon of melted coconut oil and mix well. Stir in the lavender essential oil. Use a rubber spatula to transfer all the contents into the mason jar and seal tightly with a lid.

To Use:

Scoop out a small amount of the scrub; gently massage it into your face and neck in slow, upward circles. Rinse with warm water, and then pat your face dry with a towel.

Sea Salt Hair Spray

"It’s kind of crazy that we’ll pay $25 or more (I’ve been totally guilty of this) for something that costs less than $5 to make in your kitchen," says Oakes. "This sea salt hair spray recipe really is simple — salt water gives you beautiful beachy waves, plus a few drops of lavender essential oil hydrate your hair for moisture and shine."

Ingredients:

1 ½ teaspoons sea salt (not table salt)

4 ounces water

4 drops lavender essential oil

1 4-oz spray bottle

Kitchen funnel, if you have one

Directions:

Stir the salt into the water until it dissolves completely. Mix in the lavender essential oil to combine. Use the funnel to pour the solution into the spray bottle, and screw on the top.

To use:

Lightly spritz the sea salt mixture all over damp hair, from root to tip, tousling with your fingertips as you go.

Deep Conditioning Hair Treatment

"When my hair is feeling dry and brittle, this conditioning treatment is the pick-me-up it needs," says hairstylist-makeup-artist (and DIYer) Kelly Harclerode. "Lavender essential oil is calming and nourishing, which will help soothe your scalp — and is great for flakes. And rosemary essential oil is for hair growth. Needles to say, it smells amazing."

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons coconut oil

1 tablespoon olive oil

4 drops each of lavender & rosemary essential oil

Standing or hand-held mixer

Directions:

Combine the coconut, olive, and essential oils in the mixer bowl. Mix on medium speed until all the ingredients are whipped to a thick, creamy consistency.

To use:

Apply the mask to your hair in sections, combing through to distribute evenly. Let it sit for 20 minutes before rinsing out and shampooing as usual.

Natural Deodorant

"I have very sensitive skin, so I was on a mission to find a natural deodorant that would not burn my underarms," says Harclerode. "Not only is this DIY recipe very gentle on the skin, but it also works! I love to add lavender and melaleuca (tea tree) essential oils. Lavender is very gentle, and tea tree has amazing cleansing properties that help to purify bacteria as well as combat smell."

Mix the baking soda, arrowroot powder, and essential oils together in a bowl. Slowly add the coconut oil, 1 tablespoon at a time. Store mixture in an empty deodorant container or glass jar. In warmer climates, it’s best to store in a cool, dry place — or refrigerate — to keep solid.

To use:

Apply to clean, dry underarms.

Lip Scrub

"I prefer to make my own lip scrubs, because the process is always fun, easy, and therapeutic in its own way," says Sierra Taylor Horton, BDG’s senior social editor and host of the Instagram Story series, DIY With Sierra. "This recipe is one of my absolute favorites, because it’s easy to make and involves ingredients I usually already have around in my kitchen. The coconut oil is so nourishing, and the use of white sugar makes it so that the scrub isn’t too gritty or harsh."

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon coconut oil

1 tablespoon white sugar

½ teaspoon finely chopped rosemary

A few drop peppermint essential oil

1 empty jar or container

Directions:

Combine all the ingredients together in a bowl and store in an empty container.

To use:

Gently massage the scrub into your lips. Rinse off any excess with water. Pat your lips dry with a towel and apply your preferred lip balm.

Enter the competition below by telling us in 25 words or less, 'What does beauty mean to you?' for a chance to win every single product in our Top 100 edit—featured in BAZAAR's December issue, with Gemma Ward on the cover.

Erin Holland is a classic Australian beauty with talent in spades: the 29-year-old is a singer, TV presenter, model, dancer and former Miss World Australia winner. Yet this list only scratches the surface.

When Holland isn’t reporting on-screen or sizzling on star-studded red carpets, she’s seizing the opportunity to speak out on topics close to her heart, one of these being the importance for Aussies to get serious about sun protection.

As Holland partners with Neutrogena to launch the brand’s newest sunscreen, we caught up to chat all things beauty, skincare and SPF.

Erin Holland: Coming into summer I’m loving natural, bronzy tones. I think it’s nice to warm up the complexion a little bit. But if I had to do a look in five minutes, I would do a bushy natural brow, some warm cappuccino hues on eyes and cheeks, apply a long lash mascara and then a natural lip.

Do you follow a regular skincare regimen?

I do. As I’m getting older I’m realising how important it is to make sure I am looking after my skin. And these days I’m doing a lot of travelling and I’m finding flying is really drying on my complexion. In the morning I make sure I’m applying sunscreen and moisturiser before I put on my make-up. Then I make sure I take it all off at night. About two to three times a week I’ll do a really nourishing mask.

You’re in the hair and make-up chair a lot, can you share the best beauty trick you’ve have picked up from the professionals?

I’m kind of handy doing my make-up myself, but it never lasts as well as it does when I get it done by the professionals, that’s because they really work the skin. I’m finding that the more I look after my skin the better the make-up is wearing.

The skin is the largest organ in your body and the foundation for everything, so if you haven’t got good skin and you’re trying to make yourself look dewy and fresh when you’re lack lustre and dry, it’s never really going to look the same. So a really great primer and skincare regimen are my top tips, because everything just looks fresher and better when it’s on a good canvas.

Your job takes you from red carpet events to television sets, how do you look after your skin between it all?

If possible, it’s always great to take your make-up off for a little while and refresh. If it’s not possible there are a number of great products out there, for example there is a Endota Hydrate Me Mist ($30; endotaspa.com.au) I absolutely love. It’s packed full of really awesome nutrients that you can simply spritz onto your face to help boost your skin and also freshen up your make-up. Mists are really good for a little refresher.

So, you’ve partnered with Neutrogena to launch their newest sunscreen, Hydro Boost Water Gel Lotion SPF50. How important is sun protection to you?

It’s everything! Growing up in Cairns in North Queensland where the sun is incredibly harsh and also coming from a family that has unfortunately had some big scares and rushes with skin cancer, wearing sunscreen is something that’s been drilled into me from a young age.

I remember when I was sixteen and I was going to get my learner driver’s licence, I was really nervous and I really wanted my mum to come with me. But she couldn’t because she was getting her third operation on her face to get a skin cancer cut out. She was so traumatised by it all, that she came home and said to me “you have to look after your skin because this is what will happen if you don’t!” It’s really stuck with me.

So, what do you look for in a perfect sunscreen?

A formula that is really lightweight, layers well under my make-up, doesn’t come off onto my clothes or encourage bad skin and something that is really long lasting. Neutrogena’s Hydro Boost ($16.99; at priceline.com.au) lasts eight hours and is four hours water resistant.

Black Friday might be a week away, but a few retailers are getting a head start on the too-good-to-be-true sales. Beauty and skincare mecca Dermstore is leading the charge with a special Thanksgiving sale running right now through November 22. During the sale, you can save up to 25 percent on some of your favorite skincare and beauty products using the code THANKS at checkout.

Well, your Christmas stockings are about to be be well and truly stuffed this year because Aldi are dropping yet more products to the line. This time, your all-time favourites have been, erm, well, completely ripped-off.

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There are six new offerings, with prices ranging from £2.29 to £6.99. The new drop has been named as the Lacura collection and includes all the make-up bag essentials you’ll ever need: from a beauty balm, primer and contour kit to a mascara, blush and bronzer. According to Aldi, these will help you ‘achieve a high-end look at a fraction of the price.’

You’ll be able to get your hands on the collection online from Sunday 18 November and in-store from Thursday 22 November. They’ve been named as ‘Specialbuys’ meaning they’re, once again, limited-edition so once they’re gone, they’re gone.

Aldi also announced that, due to popular demand, they’re bringing back the sell-out Lacura Exfoliating Mud Mask (£5.99) and Lacura Illusion Touch 2 in 1 (£5.99). So, it’s good news all around!